Manitoba License Plates

Hi-Signs dies used briefly in 2003 for plates DPA-DWC.

Series progressed from FTZ 999 to FWA 001 in mid/late-2010, from FXZ 999 to FZA 001 in late March 2011, and from GCZ 999 to GEA 001 in late October 2011. GFA-GFZ was omitted.

From Andrew Osborne: The bison at the top right corner of Manitoba plates changed from the blue-outlined one in use since 1997 to the solid black one that appears on Blue Bombers and Jets specialty at the start of the GLX series.

Andrew also reports that Manitoba issued the HEL series.

Andrew Osborne - 15 Jan ’23

"Bienvenue" bottom center. Series began in February 2013 at JBA 101.

Andrew Osborne - 4 Jan ’23

Black on yellow. No restrictions as to usage. Some people were allowed to choose a number early in the issue in 2014, like "years" (such as CL01949) but the true high for the sequential numbers is around CL00700 as of Sept. 2014.

The program offers collector vehicle owners Basic all-perils insurance protection throughout the year, with the convenience of not having to switch to Lay-up or another insurance product in the winter months.

To be eligible for the CVP, a vehicle must be:

a passenger vehicle, light truck (gross vehicle weight of 4,540 kgs or less) or motorcycle

used for pleasure only under Basic Autopac (i.e. not used for regular commuting)

at least 25 years old

maintained at a value of at least $5,000 for passenger vehicles and light trucks or over $4,000 for motorcycles.

Andrew Osborne - 1 Oct ’22

Hi-Signs issues were CDA-CDB.

CEL is saved for Commercial Trailer.

Manny Jacob - 3 Jan ’23

Full size plate. Old series was CAL - CZL (first letter always C, third letter always L.) The new batch is now out: CLA to CLZ (second letter always L) with CLL omitted.

Like the regular trailer plate, the Commercial Trailer plate features the small letters "TL" embossed below the serials. Hi-Signs plates were issued only in the CPL, CRL and CSL series.

New black bison starts at CLR 001.

Andrew Osborne - 11 Dec ’22

Andrew Osborne - 29 Jan ’22

New black bison starts at D60701.

Andrew Osborne - 29 Jul ’22

Currently found with LV, LM and CL classes denoted by blue on white sticker upper left.

Andrew Osborne - 15 Jan ’16

This is the newer 4x7" issue, which is smaller than the original size. The first plate was 5EB01.

Andrew Osborne - 23 Oct ’22

Progression: 1AA01 - 1AA99, then 2AA01 and up. After 9AA99, then 1AB01 - 9AB99.

The current high has the new sheeting type.

Old sheeting high: 5CV57

New sheeting low: 6CY08

The original large size was produced to 4EB99.

Manny Jacob - 21 Aug ’19

This smaller size plate debuted in 2019.

Andrew Osborne - 19 Jul ’21

"DLR" embossed bottom center; some errors issued with "MC".

Manny Jacob - 31 Dec ’18

These ORV plates (also know as ATV) are used on snowmobiles and off road vehicles. Type introduced in 1988. New reflectorized plates appeared in 2008 starting with the X9 (1X9 - 999X9) series.

Progression: after 999A1, 001A2

New ORV format, started when 999 Z9 was reached.

ORV Dealer - DL 763

Andrew Osborne - 26 Jun ’22

Until this series was eliminated in 2019, vehicles registered in IRP used these plates fitted with a blue on clear "Apportioned" sticker bottom center. Driveaway (DA) and Bus (PB) plates were denoted with respective blue on white class sticker in upper left corner.

PCK series skipped.

The new solid black bison logo started at PCR 001.

Andrew Osborne - 30 Jun ’22

Small "TL" embossed below the serial.

One of the province's rarest types: numbering began at PAL 001 in 1997 and hardly advanced before the series was discontinued in 2019.

Martin Houle - 17 Nov ’20

Andrew Osborne - 12 Oct ’20

Andrew Osborne - 11 Jun ’22

Issuance order since 2003: SG, SH, SJ, SK and SL with Hi-Signs dies. Then Waldale-made plates issued starting in 2005-06 with SM, SR, SX, and now SY series. Many letters skipped due to conflicts with old '98 base numbers (such as SN, ST, SU) still lingering in DMV computers.

All semi-trailer letter series start at 10-01.

Semi Trailer plates changed from plain blue on white to fully graphic (like car plates) at TA-18-41.

Andrew Osborne - 30 Sep ’22

"Snowmobilers of Manitoba"

These plates were introduced in December 2015 and started with 1S001 before moving to T, U and V series. Sticker boxes were dropped starting in the W series, which appeared in 2021.

Andrew Osborne - 24 May ’22

Uncommon small plate, same size as mc plates but with TR caption at bottom. Discontinued in 2019.

Manny Jacob - 2 Jul ’09

Same size as Motorcycle, for privately owned trailers.

Waldale dies in use again.

From P 001 J onward trailer plates have the reflective sheeting used on Veterans plates; the green in particular is quite different. This will affect M/C plates later.

Andrew Osborne - 8 Nov ’22

3-digit plates are embossed black on white, bison lower left, type introduced in 1967. 4-digit plates were ordered from Waldale.

Andrew Osborne advises that these plates are issued non-sequentially and numbers are pulled out of order, so there is no true high.

Manny Jacob - 29 Aug ’22

Andrew Osborne - 9 Apr ’22

Andrew Osborne - 23 Jul ’21

Andrew Osborne - 15 Oct ’15

Issued to career firefighters (outside Winnipeg), paid on-call firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and First Nations firefighters.

Low: FF0003

Andrew Osborne - 8 Oct ’22

Issued to career firefighters in Winnipeg. The plate number is keyed to the owner's badge number.

Andrew Osborne advises that several very high numbers were issued out of sequence upon request (e.g., WF8761, spotted by Martin Houle in 2014). The "actual" high shown here does not take these special requests into account.

Manny Jacob adds that spouses can get numbers in the 5000 series, and that the high for this subseries is WF5104 (as of 3/21/22).

Andrew Osborne - 3 May ’22

Andrew Osborne - 29 Nov ’22

Eric Bryden - 17 Aug ’22

Eric Bryden - 17 Aug ’22

In recognition of the Winnipeg Football Club's 81st year, only 8,100 plates were made on this design, ranging from BB0001 to BB8100. Personalized plates were unavailable.

Darryl Antoniw - 17 Sep ’11

Introduced May 2012. Low: B00016

Andrew Osborne - 5 Jun ’20

Andrew Osborne - 11 Dec ’22

Andrew Osborne - 2 May ’22

Replaced by the new design in 2019.

Andrew Osborne - 9 May ’20

Andrew Osborne - 8 Dec ’22

Winnipeg Jets NHL hockey team booster plate.

From Andrew Osborne: The high is J 17000 and it was reached several months ago after the initial WJ series sold out. The DMV says no more plates will be produced but we'll see what happens next hockey season.

From Andrew: On April 19, plates J17001 to J22000 will go on sale so the high will change soon but again, with 250 offices selling plates, there won't be a truly accurate high.

J22001 - J23000 produced autumn 2013.

Motorcycle: J0520 2015-05-16 Andrew Osborne

Andrew Osborne - 13 Jan ’23

VAG, VAI, VAJ series skipped

Andrew Osborne - 20 Dec ’22